Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
NORTH CAROLINA.
ANOTHER RAILROAD AccIDEHT-THE
WEATHER AND CROPS.
4. n. Haywood Missing Hsla for Horse
whippir Il IL a wild nani-xx.
cittment Near Raleigh.



RALKIGH, \. c., August 3l.--News
has Just been received here OF an acct
dent ON the Murphy branch of the
Western North Carolina railroad. An
engine plunged over an embankment,
earn ing WITH il the tender and freight
car. Both The engineer aud fireman
were painfully bruised. The car was
damaged and 'hc engine and tender
wrecked. None Of the passengers were
injured. II was a mixed train.
Cold weather Is turning cotton rcd,
and this shows that the growth is
checked. Commissioner Robinson said
today that tnc cold wave had the effect
Of eresily shortening the crop.
urhyV RAINFALL.
Official report Of rnfall at Raleigh
fer July and August is seventeen and
ore fifth inches, which very largely ex.
cccds any previous rainfall in any two
months On record. The average annual
reinfall here il sboutf0Ity eight inches
T.. b. Haywood, son OF a prominent
physician of the same name, has been
missing from lis home, in this city,
since last Friday evening, and though
search has been made SINCE Saturday
morning, not ttsce OF him can be
found. lis age is about thirty eight,
and an attack Of fever some years ago
unsettled bis mind. His family is one
q &c best known in the State.
thomas King. who Was tried at
bshcvillc on tae charge Of numbering
his wife by siabbing her IN the heart
with knife. has been acquitted.
HID FOE uoRsEwHPPING.
&. J.. Farmer the man who horse
,birpcd Rev. y. Y. York some days
SEQ in the public road in Pennsylvania
ecnltv, has been held in the sum Of
$3.50 bail for that offence. The horse
whipping was done on Sunday. and has
1oi.t,d cleet deal of Indignation.
Farmer clmms that a trial will show
that il was lustItiable.
The cotton receipts at Raleigh for
.le season. which ends to-day, are
IN 90 hnlcs-an increase of over / 800
bgl,s as compared with last season.
The secretary Of the Raleigh Cotton
Exchange SAYS that if the weather con-
nDucs favorable he looks for a crop Of
cotton 10 per cent. better than that Of
last season, while if the season is OK
tlaordinariiY good it viii be 20 per
cont better, hc believes. He declares
hat be never thought the crop would
%, 20 great rs mony people believed.
Tie weed has been very large, but that
is no sign OF q heavy crop.
rrEsUrVG A Wild Man II WAKE.
Some weeks ago . wild man or crea-
,ure Of some kind made It's appearance
u the western part Of this county. II
was seen by several people, who de-
c'srcd that II was naked and moved on
~. lorrs II terribly frightened the
rpore. Search was made for it, but
uihout success. Night before last it
,. again seen, and the excitement Is
npw renewed. Yesterday ver20O psO-
r'cc the Cary section were searching
for it, ana last night and to-day tins
Was kept up. A messenger came here
ad informed tie county authorities Of
,he matter The people are all armed,
and intend - take the creature dead or
live. Some persons here say it is an
escaped convict, Others that 1t is Walter
Bingham Uht place is near where he
murdered Miss Turlngton), while yet
othors think 1t is 3 monkey Of some
biud.
The Adjutant CercI ! and two mem
lcrs Of Governor Scale personal staff,
Colonies Fines and Leach, Will accom-
rapy him 10 the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL. The Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry, his escort, vail have
fifty men.
The 22jth session Of Orange Presby-
tery, the Oldest Of the three III the
State, met at CROSSROADS church, Ala
nance county, today, Rev. Mr.. Viii
helm. ofHillsboro', preaching the open
ing E, tmOn.
II is now said that the assets of War
zen & Pope, the Durham warehouse
l.,n who assigned day before yester-
lav. will nearly equal the liabilities.